Cathy Zhang

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Irvine (2013)M.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine (2010)B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley (2008)

Professor Zhang joined the Krannert faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2013 after receiving a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests are in macroeconomics, monetary economics,
international economcis, and search theory. Professor Zhang's current work examines the emergence of an international currency and the role of monetary policy on currency competition, the adoption of new forms of electronic payments such as credit cards and
its impact on monetary transactions, and an experimental study on competing means of payment.

Gary Richardon and Cathy Zhang (2013). A Review of Barry Eichengreen's Exorbitant Privilege: the Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System. Economia, vol. 2 337-344.